| 单词 | moment of truth |
| 释义 | moment of truthSEE SYNONYMS FOR moment of truth ON THESAURUS.COM nounthe moment in a bullfight at which the matador is about to make the kill. the moment at which one's character, courage, skill, etc., is put to an extreme test; critical moment. Origin of moment of truthFirst recorded in 1930–35 Words nearby moment of truthmomentary, momently, momento, moment of inertia, moment of sail, moment of truth, momentous, momentum, mom-in-law, momism, mom jeans Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for moment of truthmoment of truth nouna moment when a person or thing is put to the test the point in a bullfight when the matador is about to kill the bull Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with moment of truthmoment of truth A critical or decisive time, at which one is put to the ultimate test, as in Now that all the bills are in, we've come to the moment of truth—can we afford to live here or not? This expression, a translation of the Spanish el momento de la verdad, signifies the point in a bullfight when the matador makes the kill. It was first used in English in Ernest Hemingway's story Death in the Afternoon (1932). The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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